An original will of Jacob Archer, dated February 20th, 1919. Illustrates the first page of the document. Archer’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on April 29th, 1919. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...
A stock certificate of the antebellum period issued to William Harrison, Sr. certifying capital stock in the Franklin and Columbia Turnpike Company, as witnessed on Dec. 2, 1850. Historically, the turnpikes started with local ownership in the form...
John Berrien Lindsley in late middle age, with salt-and-pepper hair and full beard and mustache, wearing a grey suit. Nineteenth-century Nashville educator, physician, minister, and author John Berrien Lindsley was born in New Jersey in 1822. His...
(and Eakin, John & Grundy, Felix & McGavock, Jacob & Winder); 25; East; 2; 40.0x72.0; 213; I; 05/31/1843; Bass, Anna Stone 1779-1809; Bass, Peter 1779-1829; Bass, William J. 1809-1828; Bass, Melvina Winder 1840-1849; Masterson, Maria G. 1815-1880;...
(and Eakin, John & Grundy, Felix & McGavock, Jacob & Winder); 25; East; 2; 40.0x72.0; 213; I; 05/31/1843; Bass, Anna Stone 1779-1809; Bass, Peter 1779-1829; Bass, William J. 1809-1828; Bass, Melvina Winder 1840-1849; Masterson, Maria G. 1815-1880;...
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Gaut, known as the “Alamo.” The home was located on Murfreesboro Pike, on land granted by the State of North Carolina in 1793, to Thomas Hardiman. It was during the American Civil War that a large body of...
The historic Glen Leven home of the Thompson family built in 1857 by John Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson, the pioneer settler who signed the 1780 Cumberland Compact at Fort Nashborough and as a Revolutionary War soldier received a land grant...